Waterlooville, United Kingdom
Waterlooville is a town of 64,350 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Waterlooville
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 10 parks and trails, 79 places to eat and 2 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Farlington Marshes and Southmoor Nature Reserve.
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About Waterlooville
Waterlooville is a town in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Portsmouth. It is the largest town in the borough. The Waterlooville built-up area had a population of 34,775 in the 2021 census. It is surrounded by Purbrook, Blendworth, Cowplain, Lovedean, Clanfield, Catherington, Crookhorn, Denmead, Hambledon, Horndean and Widley.
From the Wikipedia article Waterlooville (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks2
Spring Arts and Heritage Centre
Museum · 3.1 mi
Arts centre in Hampshire, United Kingdom
Parks, trails and playgrounds10
Farlington Marshes
Park · 3.2 mi
Nature reserve in Hampshire, England, UK
Staunton Country Park
Park · 2.2 mi
Parkland and forest in Hampshire, England, UK
Hazleton Common
Park · 2.0 mi
Local nature reserve in Horndean, Hampshire, England, UK
Restaurants and cafes79
Massalla Hut
Restaurant · Curry, Indian
Free delivery minimum order £15.
244B London Road, Waterlooville
17:00-23:00
Red Rose Lounge
Restaurant · Bangladeshi, Indian
Free home deliveries on orders over £12 within 4 miles. This restaurant has a Sundat buffet. You can also order food online.
258 London Road, Waterlooville
Tu-Su 17:30-22:30; Fr,Sa 17:30-23:00
Sorrento
Restaurant · Italian · 1.0 mi
Italian restaurant & Pizzeria
45 London Road, Waterlooville
Tu-Th 17:30-22:00; Fr-Sa 17:30-22:30; Su 12:00-21:00
Jade Garden
Restaurant · Chinese
123 London Road, Waterlooville
Mo-Th 17:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-14:30,17:00-23:00; Su 12:30-21:30
Shalimar
Restaurant · Indian · 1.0 mi
8-9 Hambledon Parade, Waterlooville
Su-Th 12:00-14:30,17:30-23:30; Fr 17:30-24:00; Sa 12:00-14:30,17:30-24:00
Costa
Cafe · Coffee Shop
The Precinct, Waterlooville
Mo-Fr 07:00-18:30; Sa 07:00-17:30; Su 08:00-16:30
Crookhorn Indian Restaurant and Takeaway
Restaurant · Indian · 1.4 mi
1 Purbrook Chase Precinct, Crookhorn Lane, Waterlooville
Mo-Sa 17:00+
67 more on the map.
Where to stay2
Newhaven
Motel and hotel · 0.5 mi
193 London Road, Waterlooville
History
It is reputed that the name derived from a pub that stood at the centre of the town, then known as Wait Lane End, where the stage-coach horses waited to change places with the team that pulled the coach up and over Portsdown Hill. The pub had been named Heroes of Waterloo because, on its opening day in 1815, soldiers who had just disembarked at Portsmouth, returning from the Battle of Waterloo, decided to stop there and celebrate their victory. According to local legend, many of them settled there. The pub was thereafter renamed in their honour and the area around the pub became known as Waterloo. In order to differentiate the town from other places with the same name, it became known as Waterlooville at a later date. The town was known as Waterloo parish at the time of the 1911 Census.
In June 2015 Waterlooville town celebrated its first 200 years, its origins and history in a festival called Waterlooville 200.
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The town centre was closed to traffic in 1985 when a bypass was constructed to take traffic away from the main shopping area. The bypass, initially anonymous, was named Maurepas Way sometime after the two towns were twinned in 1995. An underpass was constructed for pedestrians walking up along the Hambledon Road. In 1982 and 1983 the old road was fully converted to a pedestrian precinct. The precinct had a fountain and raised area at the northern end, near the Heroes pub; however, regular vandalism of the fountain soon resulted in its removal. In August 2012 the northern part of the precinct received a £700,000 renovation and repaving, increasing the area available to the weekly Friday market.
GEC Marconi built a site at Waterlooville for their Underwater Systems Division in the early 1980s, for the Stingray anti-submarine torpedo. A peace camp was set up near the construction site. After completion of the GEC building, a free music festival was held at Old Park Farm in Waterlooville called Torpedo Town. A second Torpedo Town festival was held in August 1987 at Bramdean Common near Winchester.
Near the town centre is St George's Church, rebuilt in 1968–70 around the core of the original (1830) church. Waterlooville Baptist Church was built in 1967 in a modernist style to replace the original chapel of 1884–85 in the town centre. During the 1950s and 1960s the surrounding area saw extensive growth in housing, when large suburban public and private housing estates were constructed. This resulted in the original Victorian church failing to cope with the population growth. Plans for a new church were started and in 1970 the new church was built on the site of the old church. Parts of the old church were retained. In July 2011 the town saw the consecration of its first Roman Catholic Church.
From the History section of Waterlooville on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Education
Waterlooville contains ten primary schools: Morelands Primary School, Meadowlands Junior and Infants School,
Padnell Infants and Junior School, Hart Plain Infants and Junior schools, Springwood Infant School (formerly Stakes Hill Infant School), Springwood Junior School (formerly Hulbert Junior School), Mill Hill Primary School (formerly Waite End Infants and Waite End Junior School and Waite End Primary School), Purbrook Infant and Junior Schools, Queens Inclosure Primary and St. Peter's Catholic Primary.
Two new two form entry primary schools are to be built in the new housing development area situated off the Maurepas Roundabout. The first of these is scheduled to open in September 2014 with a possible Year R only intake depending on the number of children needing places.
It contains five secondary schools: Horndean Technology College, The Cowplain School, Oaklands Catholic School, Purbrook Park School and Crookhorn College.
There are two colleges, Oaklands Catholic Sixth Form College and South Downs College.
From the Wikipedia article Waterlooville, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Waterlooville
Geoffrey Van OrdenBritish politician (born 1945)Photo: European Parliament from EU, CC BY 2.0
Josh FlintEnglish association football player (born 2000)Photo: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0- Michael GilesBritish drummer, percussionist and vocalist
- Beatrice ShillingBritish aeronautical engineer
- Rob StylesEnglish football referee
- Ashley HarrisFootballer (born 1993)
- Brandon HaunstrupBritish association football player (born 1996)
- Jack BolesBritish civil servant and colonial administrator
- Jess SearchBritish documentary producer
Born in Waterlooville, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Churches and places of worship13
St Clare's Church
Church · Anglican · 1.4 mi
St Clares Avenue, Warren Park, Havant
Shopping13
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries25
Healthcare10
Map of Waterlooville
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Getting there and nearby towns
Goodwood Aerodrome (QUG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 12 miles away.
- Cosham 3 mi southwest, about 4 min by car
- Emsworth 5 mi southeast, about 8 min by car
- Portsmouth 6 mi southwest, about 10 min by car
- South Hayling 7 mi south, about 11 min by car
- Hayling Island 7 mi south, about 12 min by car
- Petersfield 10 mi northeast, about 15 min by car
- Chichester 11 mi east, about 18 min by car
- Ryde 12 mi southwest, about 19 min by car
- Hedge End 12 mi west, about 19 min by car
- Fair Oak 13 mi northwest, about 21 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Farlington marshes april 2011, Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Southmoor Nature Reserve, Havant 01, Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Waterlooville Baptist Church, London Road, Waterlooville (May 2019) (5), Hassocks5489, CC0
- St John the Baptist's Church, London Road, Purbrook (NHLE Code 1154969) (May 2019) (1), Hassocks5489, CC0
- Leigh water from the site of the old house, geni, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Alban's Church, Martin Road, Leigh Park (May 2019) (1), Hassocks5489, CC0
- The Heroes 20230324 134136, Dcs57, CC BY-SA 4.0
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